On February 1, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Clippers played a fierce competition against the Wizards on the road. Paul George, the centerpiece of the team, was unavailable for this game due to a groin injury, but Tyronn Lue still fielded a starting line-up of James Harden, Kawai Leonard, Luke Coffey, Terrence Mann and Ivan Plumlee. In the end, the Clippers defeated the Wizards with a score of 125-109 and successfully avoided the embarrassment of consecutive losses.
At the start of the game, the Clippers quickly found their groove. Harden hit two three-pointers in a row, and then cleverly assisted Coffey to complete a three-pointer, giving the team a 9-3 lead. The Wizards' Kuzma then quickly responded with four points to tie the score to 7-9. However, Leonard stepped up and showed great individual ability, first scoring a three-pointer and then hitting a mid-range pullup jumper to give the Clippers a 14-7 lead.
Entering the second half of the first quarter, the Clippers were in full swing, while the Wizards gradually caught up under Kuzma's leadership. At the end of the first quarter, the two sides fought 37-35, Leonard scored 11 points and 2 rebounds, Harden contributed 6 points and 2 assists, Coffey performed well and scored 10 points, and for the Wizards, Kuzma scored 14 points in a single quarter to help the team bite the score.
In the second quarter of the game, the Clippers once got rid of the super five-man lineup of Harden, Westbrook, Mann, Powell, and Boston, which made it difficult for the Wizards to deal with and fell into a scoring slump. Led by Harden making fouls and making all three free throws, the Clippers led by 10 points at 51-41. The Clippers then returned to their normal rotation, while Kuzma maintained his hot streak and added nine more points in the quarter to cement the team's lead. At the end of the first half, the Clippers led by six points at 66-60.
In the first half of the game, the core players of the Clippers played well, Harden made 3 of 5 three-pointers in the half, scored 12 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, Wei Shao was 2 of 6, scored 5 points, 1 rebound and 4 assists, and the top starter Coffey made all three shots and scored 10 points, of course, the best performance was Leonard, who scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 1 assist in the half, and in terms of the Wizards, Kuzma scored 23 points in the half, almost supporting the team alone.
Rematch, Leonard incarnated as the god of war, played a full 12 minutes, scored 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, Wei Shao Harden played his own game, helping the team play a 40-19 shockwave, Kuzma alone against the Clippers Sanying, unable to return to the sky, and watched the team end the third quarter of the game 79-106.
In the fourth quarter of the game, the two sides closed the game and the bench players played to their heart's content, and the Clippers ended the game 125-109.
In this game, the core players of the Clippers played well, Leonard as the anchor of the sea, 14 of 25 shots, scored 31 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, and in the past 25 games, his three-point shooting rate was extremely efficient.
Harden and Wei Shao are also excellent in this game, Harden scored 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals in 7 of 15, and Wei Shao scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists in 4 of 11.
It is worth mentioning that Coffey, who started at the top of the game, performed extremely well, scoring 17 points in 5 of 7 in the game, including 2 of 2 3-pointers, and was nicknamed "Little George".
On the Wizards' lineup, Kuzma had a great performance, contributing 27 points and two rebounds, while Kalidou Koulibaly also had a good performance, scoring 19 points and four rebounds. Center Gafford contributed six points, eight rebounds and five blocks in the game, while Corey Kisport also had a stellar performance with 16 points.
At the end of this game, the Clippers have a record of 31 wins and 15 losses. They have lost just five of their last 28 games, which puts them at the top of the league in terms of record over the same period. According to statistics, four of the top five players in the league in win-loss value since Nov. 18 are from the Clippers: Harden +146, Leonard +128, George +123, Powell +117